Chapter 415 (2/2)

Donne took a sip. ”It's warm all over. How much is it?”

Old Tom shook his head vigorously and said, ”Lord, it's my pleasure for you to come to me for a drink. How can you ask for money?”

Donne laughed and said, ”so you mean I'll let the soldiers of the Ellington guard come to you every day for free?”

Old Tom's face turned white. So many people still don't eat him bankrupt?

”If, if you like...”

”Just kidding, how much is how much.”

Donne motioned Fiona to pay, and then casually said, ”power will corrupt people, especially dictatorship. If you don't want me to be like those people, don't engage in any personal worship, and don't slowly corrode me with this indifferent interest.”

”Lord, you are joking. You are the Lord of Ellington. Everything here, including us, belongs to you. How can this corrode you?”

Donne shook his head and said, ”there are no saints in the world. I have been living in the aura of personal worship. Sooner or later, I will become the kind of person you hate most - and so will you.”

Fiona was stunned. Of course, she thought in a different depth than others. Donne said the truth. Everyone knows. Similarly, everyone wants to be the dictator who commands everything, but no one ever thought whether it was a mistake.

Is it fundamentally a mistake to add all the power, all the wealth and all the hope of the whole world to one person?

If you decentralize power

”Fiona, what I just told you will be implemented as soon as possible. These problems can't be delayed any longer.”

Donne said it himself, completely unaware that Fiona was thinking about the prototype of parliamentary system in her mind.

Just when the two met, Donne was watching some children running and playing in the snow.

Seeing their carefree appearance, Donne smiled, and then... He thought of himself who had been dominated by holiday homework.

Education is a very important issue.

There is no so-called compulsory education in prandal. There are no ordinary compulsory education schools, or even systematic language and mathematics education. The nobles will hire knowledgeable scholars to carry out elite customized training for future generations. However, no one cares about the education of civilians. Of course, they will not devote funds to solve the education problem.

There is only one real school in Ilus, that is Ilus Royal Military Academy.

However, this college only teaches military experience and is a place to cultivate corresponding talents.

In addition to this college, the only college that Donne has heard of that really meets the requirements of compulsory education is the Xingyue Secret Law College in Silver City - mages will explore excellent magic talents when traveling around the world, and then take him to Xingyue secret law college to receive a systematic and complete education.

Knowledge is power, which is best reflected in the city of silver.

Ellington's population is increasing day by day. In the coming year, the population will soon enter a period of explosive growth. Once the population exceeds 100000, it can really be called a city. Now we start building schools in advance. At that time, we will implement the compulsory education system and teach every school-age child basic skills such as language, mathematics, physics, chemistry and art, At the same time, combat training courses can also be opened for all-round training.

In this way, Donne believes that he can explore the potential children in the territory, carry out elite training, enhance his sense of belonging and further strengthen Ellington's strength

This is a virtuous circle, and it is very necessary - a territory full of illiterates is doomed to no development.

Of course, at Donne's level, he can only make a start, just like the first driving force.

”... now the children of Ellington are very busy in addition to delivering newspapers. If they can make use of these hours to do their homework... I mean learning literacy and mathematics is certainly good for their future growth.”

Donne rambled on for a long time, and then suddenly found Fiona distracted: ”Fiona? What are you thinking?”

”Ah? Lord? I, I listen.”

”Just listen. In a word, if the expansion of outer urban areas has been suspended and the internal construction begins, the issue of education must be put on the agenda.”

Donne took a sip of hot cider, thought about it, and said, ”there's another thing, isn't there basically any vegetables after winter?”

”I can get some supplements from the Emerald Forest, so I'm not in a hurry.”

”Human beings can't always rely on others. We have to solve this problem ourselves... I'll give Brian them a technical solution later. Because it's not difficult, let them implement it immediately.”

Fiona looked at him curiously: ”what technical scheme?”

Donne smiled, put down his glass and said, ”greenhouse off-season planting technology.”